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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The unit of musical rhythm.
Quadrille
Exposition
Allegro
Beat
2. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Orchestration
Triplet
Phrase
Trill
3. Three to four movement orchestral piece - generally in sonata form.
Symphony
Nocturne
Sequence
Accelerando
4. Short movement or interlude connecting the main parts of the composition.
Intermezzo
Deceptive cadence
Interpretation
Pastoral
5. Closing section of a movement.
Atonal
Polytonality
Pitch
Coda
6. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Time Signature
Gavotte
Tune
Relative pitch
7. An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a 'p'.
Piano
Scherzo
Chorale
Register
8. A musical theme given to a particular idea or main character of an opera.
Sonatina
Ostinato
Leitmotif
Impromptu
9. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Reed
Stretto
Timbre
Orchestra
10. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played very slow and serious.
Intermezzo
Etude
Leitmotif
Grave
11. Music of a particular form consisting of four movements. Each of the movements differ in tempo - rhythm - and melody; but are held together by subject and style.
Sonata
Counterpoint
Monotone
Song cycle
12. The first violin in an orchestra.
Cantata
Whole-tone scale
Concert master
Expressionism
13. A composition written for nine instruments.
Tutti
Deceptive cadence
Nonet
Movement
14. Sliding between two notes.
Scordatura
Polyphony
Glissando
Tone less
15. A musical form where the principal theme is repeated several times. The rondo was often used for the final movements of classical sonata form works.
Rondo
Slide
Da Capo
Trill
16. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Whole note
Round
Opera
Hymn
17. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accelerando
Exposition
Falsetto
Concert master
18. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Espressivo
Classicism
Trill
Consonance
19. Repetition of a single tone.
Accelerando
Beat
Monotone
Allegro
20. Rapid alternation between notes that are a half tone or whole tone apart.
Trill
Triple time
Tone
Grazioso
21. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Verismo
Interpretation
Castrato
Triple time
22. Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time.
Fourth
Galliard
Finale
Vivace
23. A set of six musicians who perform a composition written for six parts.
Parody
Sextet
Romantic
String Quartet
24. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Beat
Operetta
Instrumentation
25. A scale consisting of only whole-tone notes. Such a scale consists of only 6 notes.
Twelve-tone music
Tutti
Whole-tone scale
Notation
26. Made up of five horizontal parallel lines and the spaces between them on which musical notation is written.
Trill
Whole note
Staff
Fifth
27. Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
Tonic
Serenade
Minuet
Tone
28. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Progression
Trio
Whole note
Consonance
29. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Classical
Chant
Orchestra
Chord
30. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
Gavotte
String Quartet
Obbligato
Introduction
31. A chord comprised of three whole tones resulting in an augmented fourth or diminished fifth.
Intermezzo
Vivace
Rococo
Tritone
32. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
EnharmonicInterval
Beat
Energico
Castrato
33. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Polyphony
Beat
Tablature
Ricercar
34. A short piano piece - often improvisational and intimate in character.
Impromptu
Expressionism
Leading note
Partial
35. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Polytonality
Piano
Fermata
Scale
36. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Energico
Grave
Castrato
Vibrato
37. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Orchestra
Cavatina
Slide
System
38. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Trio
Castrato
Nocturne
Elegy
39. The first violin in an orchestra.
Tonic
Concert master
Register
Staff
40. A short or brief sonata.
Round
Falsetto
Sonatina
Staccato
41. A numeric symbol in sheet music determining the number of beats to a measure.
Time Signature
Romantic
Cadenza
Etude
42. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Encore
Classicism
Energico
Medley
43. A composition written for three voices and instruments performed by three people
Neoclassical
Chamber music
Relative pitch
Trio
44. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Ligature
Expressionism
Forte
Instrumentation
45. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Interval
Form
Gregorian Chant
Rondo
46. An instrumental lament with praise for the dead.
Monotone
Symphony
Septet
Elegy
47. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Chorale
Phrase
Beat
Nonet
48. A rhythmic succession of musical tones - a melody for instruments and voices.
Canon
Gregorian Chant
Intonation
Tune
49. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Polytonality
Notation
Concerto
50. Group of singers in a chorus.
Sonatina
Choir
Resonance
Triple time